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Joker ups rent outrageously (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

punster

'joker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ups rent outrageously' is the wordplay.
'outrageously' indicates an anagram.
'ups'+'rent'='upsrent'
'upsrent' with letters rearranged gives 'PUNSTER'.

(Other definitions for punster that I've seen before include "Comedian" , "One makes jokes" , "Verbal joker" , "user of wordplay" , "One playing on words" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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